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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1908
Page
3
Listing of local events including Bell Ringing Co at M E church on Jan 7 and Gem Theatre show Message from Mars, with notes for Quincy Adams Sawyer and the calendar spanning Jan 1 to Jan 7.
Fair and cooler Wednesday. Various residents travel to La Crosse Chicago and Milwaukee for visits and business. Community updates include illnesses, a Turkish bath reminder, a barber of civic clubs, and plans for weddings and funerals.
The note advertises portraits and photographs printed on Aristo papers including Aristo Collodio Carbon and Aristo Carbon Sepia. Fairbanks Bros at North Entrance offers these services with satisfaction guaranteed.
Edith Haney performs La Petite Soubrette with a Mechanical Doll Dance and other features. The bill includes five moving pictures and plenty of gingerly comedy on the program.
The Bijou debuts a fresh program tonight due to a shipping error. Wey and Bristow headline the vaudeville singing and dancing act, while the feature film remains Christmas in Paradise Alley.
An Austin Minnesota barber testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his son's kidney trouble. He reports irregular secretions and pain, purchased from C. A. Pooler's drug store, and notes the product restored kidney health. Foster Milburn Co. is listed as U.S. agent. price 50 cents.
The K girls held their annual Christmas celebration with Mrs. Alvert Thon. A Christmas tree featured the evening on Monday. One of the thirteen girls attended. several members were absent. Husbands joined the event and light refreshments were served. Mrs. Charles Sargent was guest of honor.
A social gathering Monday night honored Clyde Sayles at the C B Sayles residence with a large turnout. A fine supper followed by a dance featured Brooks' orchestra providing music for the event.
The Alpha Club will meet tonight with Mrs Belle Gleason in attendance and several out of town visitors expected to attend.
Mrs Davy and Mrs Terry entertained Thon clerks at seven o clock dinner Monday at Mrs Davy s home in honor of Miss Nellie Fichn who leaves for Montana. A fine dinner was served with place cards and dancing and music followed for a very pleasant evening.
A large group of friends surprised Mr Erwin Studer at his home with games and music, followed by supper. Walter Mayland presented a membership pin on behalf of attendees as Mr Studer prepares to move to his new home in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Miss Margaret Zender of the East Side will entertain the B. D's this evening in a social gathering likely to feature mingling and light refreshments.
East Side invites residents to a Masquerade Roller Party with Brass Band and four prizes for best dressed and comic character on Wednesday night December 30. The Great gilt edged show continues December 31 through January 2. Edith Gray visits Mankato at the W I Plummer home. J J Zender of Havnor Mont returns home for the holidays to see his parents Mr and Mrs Peter Zender. Dried Raspberries.
Rev Hazen returns from Chicago announcing a New Year watch meeting in the Coliseum with a 3000 voice choir. Preliminary meetings have occurred and A C Dixon of Moody church chairs the committee. Neighbors seek reserved seats and Austin's Baptist church hosts the local event noted for its evangelical focus.
The Oberlin College Glee Club will perform in Austin for New Year Eve at the Baptist church. The group promises enjoyable entertainment, good music, and a breath of college life, with plans urged for attendance and celebration.
Adams residents hosted and visited relatives over the holidays. Families from Napoleon Northfield Milwaukee Minneapolis Rose Creek Wells Wells and Austin gathered at various homes including the Krebsbach and Dean households. Students from Marquette University and St Paul returned home for holidays.
A note on foxes and the famed Toledo sword blades crafted by Julian del Ret, a Morisco forge founder in early 16th century Toledo. The piece links Toledo’s long swordmaking heritage to Moorish influence and cites Henry V and Solingen replicas, via London Notes and Queries.
The secretary bird is described as a regal, three foot tall South African bird valuable for its snake killing. It is protected by law with a fifty pound fine for destruction. The bird hunts by stunning its prey with wings and claws then drops it from height, destroying thousands of venomous reptiles.
A Washington Star quip contrasts mules and cars in a playful exchange. Miss Miami Brown asks about work at a garage where cars are parked, and a speaker notes the mule’s kick vs the car’s tendency to butt similarly, highlighting humorous rural wit.
Reports from Hopkinsville describe a ball of fire observed there and seismic shocks felt in that town and surrounding counties as western Kentucky experienced earthquake activity.
Distilled water after exposure to air is a salubrious drink. Daily measured use aids dyspepsia and general bodily functions. Every large steamer carries a water distilling apparatus making sea water fresh. earlier ships used primitive distilling on warships and passenger vessels.
Margaret Wilson of Westminster instructed an unusual funeral plan involving Scotch snuff. She called for six snuff taking bearers, each in snuff colored hats, six maidens to carry the pall with boxes of fine Scotch snuff, snuff to be scattered along the procession, and the clergyman’s fee tied to his snuff consumption.
A Philadelphia Record item tells of John, a colored applicant for a Philadelphia suburb butler position, who impresses with his self described fitness and civil service exam. The interviewer notes civil service virtue as decisive, suggesting engagement after the exchange.
A London Spectator vignette traces Babar’s rise from Ferghana to Samarkand by age seventeen. His father’s death spurs rapid, dangerous moves as he gathers followers to claim a throne. His rule wavers through betrayal and loot disputes, ending with personal tragedy as Humayun falls ill and dies after a heroic self sacrifice.
A Hungarian farmer’s son fails the law exam and forges a diploma on dogskin parchment. The father notes there is more demand for barristers than kutya ber for diplomas in Hungary.
Welsh captain David Gam reported to Henry V that the French outnumbered the English five to one. His quip there would be enough to kill, take prisoners, or run away became camp lore. He died saving a prince, showing courage equal to his wit.
A London Express quotation shows a physician advising not to take anything that doesn’t agree with you. A husband retorts by suggesting his wife Maria would be worse off if that rule always guided her actions.
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